Title: Search not functioning
Last modified: August 11, 2017

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# Search not functioning

 *  Resolved [NiallASD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallasd/)
 * (@niallasd)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-not-functioning/)
 * Hi all,
 * If I’m asking this in the wrong place please let me know.
 * [On this page](http://greencastleparish.com/wordpress/404-page-not-found/) I 
   have a search box and I can’t get it to function. What am I missing?
 *     ```
       <div class="wrap rounded">
           <input type="text" class="search rounded" placeholder="Search ..." value="" />
           <button class="go" type="submit"><span></span></button>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * On the end of the black menu I have a functioning search box.
 *     ```
          <li id="searchicon" class="last" style="border-right: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; width: 10px;"><a href='#' style="border-right: none;">
          <img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/searchicon2.svg" alt="Search Greencastle Parish Online" class="bottom">
          <img src="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/images/searchicon.svg" alt="Search Greencastle Parish Online" class="top"></a>
          </li>
            <div class="messagepop">
       		<?php get_search_form(); ?>
            </div><!-- messagepop -->
       ```
   
 *     ```
       <form method="get" id="searchform" action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
       		<label for="s" class="assistive-text"><?php _e( '', 'jetpack' ); ?></label>
       		<input type="text" class="search-field" name="s" id="s" placeholder="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Search ...', 'jetpack' ); ?>" />
       	</form>
       ```
   
 * Any help is appreciated,
 * Niall
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsearch-not-functioning%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Igor T.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webmaigcz/)
 * (@webmaigcz)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-not-functioning/#post-9402767)
 * The issue is in this portion of code
 *     ```
       <div class="wrap rounded">
           <input type="text" class="search rounded" placeholder="Search ..." value="" />
           <button class="go" type="submit"><span></span></button>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * You are missing `form` element wrapper, and your `input` is missing `name` attribute.
   Try with the following code instead:
 *     ```
       <div class="wrap rounded">
       <form method="get" id="searchformnotfound" action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
           <input name="s" type="text" class="search rounded" placeholder="Search ..." value="" />
           <button class="go" type="submit"><span></span></button>
       </form>
       </div>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [NiallASD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallasd/)
 * (@niallasd)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-not-functioning/#post-9403812)
 * That works, thanks a million!
 * I just changed the form action to
    `action="http://www.greencastleparish.com/
   wordpress/"`

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [NiallASD](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallasd/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-not-functioning/#post-9403812)
 * Status: resolved

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